Position Summary

This job is responsible for installing, testing, maintaining, troubleshooting, and repairing low and high voltage electrical equipment. This position assumes a lead role in developing a high-performance, team oriented environment along with leading work activities and projects.

Essential Functions

- Observe and follow plant environmental and operational rules, procedures and guidelines

- Strictly adhere to and enforce safety procedures as required by ORMAT, CAPP, and OSHA

- Ensure work is done in compliance with electrical (NEC and NFPA) codes

- Install, test, maintain, troubleshoot, and repair low and high voltage electrical equipment

- Install and calibrate analog and discrete instrumentation and control valves

- Read, understand and effectively utilize technical information from electrical schematics, vendor information, procedures and codes

- Perform voltage, current and arc flash calculations

- Perform arc flash calculations

- Calibrate and use test equipment associated with the power plant electrical and safety systems

- Participate in planning and scheduling maintenance activities

- Create and modify reports and records associated with the electrical systems of the power plant

- Perform corrective, preventive and predictive maintenance tasks as required

- Provide recommendations for reliability improvements

- Assists supervisors with the evaluation process and continuous development and training of staff

- Completes all required operator training to provide support and casualty response

- Ensure safety programs and procedures are strictly adhered to and enforced

- Prepare records, reports and other written materials as needed

- Must be able to operate a vehicle in a safe manner, enter and exit vehicle without assistance, remain alert while driving for continuous period of time and read and understand maps

- Must be able to work weekends and/or holidays when necessary

- Must be able to work overtime as required

- Must be able to travel extensively to other locations, including rural areas to work on other projects

Other Responsibilities

- Perform environmental and general housekeeping duties

- Attend monthly safety and maintenance training

- Perform other duties as directed

Education, Experience, and Skills Required

- The ability to understand procedures and instructions specific to the areas of assignment as would be acquired in three to four years of high school

- Five (5) years of experience in the power generation or similar process industries

- Hands-on experience in operations, maintenance and project implementation related to power production, turbine-generators, auxiliary equipment, power and control systems

- The ability to read process control documentation such as process flow diagrams, control logic block diagrams, piping and instrumentation diagrams, electrical schematics, circuit diagrams and wiring diagrams

- Ability to methodically troubleshoot electrical and control systems

- Must have excellent communication, problem solving and decision making ability

- Must have excellent organizational and planning skills with strong attention to detail and follow through skills

- Must be able to communicate verbally and visually in a clear and effective manner including in noisy and low illumination environments.

- Must have the ability to read, write and speak English at a level that will permit the employee to understand and communicate information in a manner that will enable the employee to safely and efficiently perform the job duties

- Must be able to use and acquire knowledge of a variety of computer software applications in word processing, spreadsheets, database and presentation. Must be proficient in MS Word, Excel, Power Point and use of the Internet

- Must possess at any time a valid driver’s license with a driving record acceptable to ORMAT’s driving safety program

- Must be able to operate a vehicle in a safe manner

Physical Requirements

- The ability to lift a minimum of 20 pounds in awkward positions and 50 pounds from the floor to the waist

- Must be able to climb ladders, climb to and work off of elevated platforms, ladders and walkways

- Must be able to work in confined spaces and in harsh weather conditions

- Protective equipment must be worn in the performance of some duties

- Job requires sitting and/or standing for long periods of time with moderate bending, stooping, and kneeling